Necktie rack



' F -25,1930. o. H. DEISMARAIS 1,748,469

NECK'IIE RACK Filed Aug. 23,1928

Patented Feb. 25, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE- OSCAR 'H. DEsmAnAis, on HACKENSACK, new JERSEY NECKTIE RACK Application filed August 28 1928. Serial No. 302,447.

moval o one tie at a time and to eliminate the possibility of frictional engagement be;

tween adjacent ties.

A further object of the invention is to furnish an improved device of the nature set forth adapted to support a plurality of ties in' horizontally spaced relation and in such manner as to permit the finger of the operator to engage but one tie at a time, and also to facilitatethe inspection of the ties depending from the rack so that the particular tie desired'may be readily located. 4 A further object of the invention is the provision of an" improved necktie rack having parallel carrier fingers and spacing means therebetween to keep the ties apart, the car-' rier fingers having their free ends formed to constitute guide means to facilitate the mounting of the ties on the rack.

tion will become apparent as the specification proceeds. Y

- With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists in,the novel combinations and 5 arrangements of parts hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments, pointed'out in the subjoined claims, and illustrated on. the

annexed drawing, wherein 'like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

- In the drawings:

Fig. 2 is a view thereof in front elevation '45 with parts of the ties removed.

Fig. 3- is an end view of the device. v Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a necktie rack a showing a modification of the-invention.

4 'f-Fig. 5 is afragmentarytop 'plan view there .500-

port the ties,

Other objects and advantages of the inven-' g i horizontal portion 12 and a vertical portion Fig. 6 is an end view of the same.

The advantages of the invention as here. outlined are best realized when all of its features and instrumentalities are combined in one and the same structure, but, useful de- 5 vices may be produced embodying less than the whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention a'ppertains, that the same may be incorporated in several different constructions. The accompanying drawing, therefore, is submitted merely as showing the- I preferred exemplification of the invention.

Generally described, the invention provides a necktie rack of one-piece construction. The same includes a supporting bar from which extend laterally a plurality of rigid or flexible carrier fingers depending upon whether the device is made of metal, bakelite, or other material. Between'the latter are spacing fingers that lie in substantially the same plane as the carrier fingers and extend in parallelism therewith. The device is intended to be mounted horizontally in-wvhich case the neckties are 'supportedin side-by siderelation and permit of easy inspection thereof, as, for example, by looking down .upon the device as shown in Fig. 1 in which the portions of the .neckties on the folds thereof are readily visi- -ble whereby .the particular tie desired may be immediately located. By my invention a necktie may be easily removed from the rack merely by engaging the same with the forefinger and slipping the same fromthe rack. The spacing means obviate any possibility of more than one tie being'engaged and removed .at one time, thus" aiding considerably to the convenience in -use,;of the invention. The

carrier fingers are longer than the spacing fingers and the free ends of the former are v downwardly curved to facilit'ate the mount-' Figure 1 is a top plan view of a device embodying the invention. a

same is adapted'to be made as a nietal stamp- .95

ing or molded of a composition material such as bakelite. In every case it is preferably of one-piececonstruction. It includes supportmeans 11 .'ofangular form, comprising a at 17 to afiord guide means so that a neck- 13, the latter being adapted to be formed according to any suitable or ornamental contour and having holes 14 through which fasteners may be placed for supporting the device Extending laterally from the supporting means 11 are ahpl'urality of carrier members or fingers 15 which are in parallelism with each other and .lie in the same horizontal plane. Likewise extending from the supporting means are the spacing members or fingers 16 which are parallel to the members 15 and are disposed in the plane thereof. The spaces between the fingers 15 and 16 are equal throughout. To cause the neckties to closely hug the carrier fingers to preventthe neckties from accidentally slipping from the rack, the spacing fingers16 are in proximity to the carrier fingers 15. Moreover, the fingers 15 are longer and their free ends are downwardly curved as shown tie'N may he slipped on to a carrier finger with the maximum ease and celerity, and also to'readily distinguish the carrier fingers from the spaclng fingers.

In the usual use of the invention a per-- son .may readily inspect all the ties at a the slightest annoyance, be removed from 15 is considerable.

glance/since the portions thereof at the fold are readily visible above the rack fingers. After locating the desired necktie, the same may be readily slipped from the rack without disturbing the adjacent neckties. This is due to the fact that according to this invention, the spacing as between the fingers Nevertheless owing to the employment of the members 16, the neckties 1 are caused to snugly engage their respective carrier members and thus to avoid unintended removal. It will furthermore be appreciated that frictional engagement as between adjacent ties is bythis construction obviated so that one tie alone may, without the rack.

In mounting a tie on the rack it is first slipped upon the curved end 17 of a carrier finger and then with a slight degree of ten- I claim:

1. A necktie rack of one-piece construction comprising a bar having laterally extending carrier fingers, spacin fingers between the carrier fingers, all the ngers being comparatively rigid, parallel, uniformly spaced from one another, and lying in substantially the sameplane, the carrier fingers being longer than the spacing fingers.

2. A necktie rack as set forth in claim 1, wherein the carrier fingers have their ends bent to extend out of the plane aforesaid to facilitate engagement of the ties thereon.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

OSCAR I-I. DESMARAIS.

sion, if desired, moved on to the body of the finger, whereby all possibility of interference with the ends of the spacing members 16, even in the case of the heaviest ties, is

prevented.

In Figs. 4 to 6 is shown a modification of the invention wherein the spacing fingers 16 between the carriers 15*, are upwardly the conditions of practical use. 

